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Hello B, the videocard is a GeForce FX 5200 (MSI MS-StarForce Ge Force Fx 5200). I changed monitors and updated drivers to nvidia ver 6.6.93. This did not correct the problem. Desktop properties desktop tab stills populates with over 5000 images but now the list loads in 93 sec instead of 10 plus minutes. The browse function again works. I do not have a known good videocard to troubleshoot with. I appreciate your help. Dave

The problem occured when another user downloaded a jpeg of Atlantis cockpit and set it as wallpaper using display properties. When I attempted to revert it back to the neutral gray or black that I use with photoediting the problem was apparent. It had been working normally two days before. No programs had been added or downloaded between times. What made me think of some malware lurking in a data file somewhere was the fact that the problem was not corrected by restoring to a tested disk image of the C: drive. Video drivers are current using the latest signed drivers. It also hangs (or ta

I also have spywareblaster running and neglected to uninstall before running the fix.

Here is the new log. My machine consists of 9 partitions spread over 2 hard drives . One drive is "80" and the other is "120" GB. The OS is on the C: drive which is 15,233.5 MB with 8.73 GB free. RAM is 1500 as dual channel DDR on a Gigabit Dual Bios Mobo. CPU is Athlon XP 3000+. Nothing is overclocked. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 7:52:06 PM, on 2/4/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\sy

Problem: desktop in display properties suddenly began to take too much time to load. Restoration with a disk image made before the problem occured did not correct it. Here is the HJT log. Thanks. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 12:13:12 PM, on 2/3/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.e